'It was a comedy with bits of a wildlife show thrown in.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

Pramface Babies, C4
“Perhaps in the end the title was just some misguided ironic joke on the part of the film-maker. Or perhaps it was forced on her by some headline-seeking executive at Channel 4. Either way it was a shame because it let down the women who generously opened up their lives for this film.”
Gerard O'Donovan, The Daily Telegraph

Pramface Babies, C4
“Someone somewhere, in the world of television deserves two awards for a documentary last night, not only for its content - single teenage mothers in Liverpool - but for its quite brilliant title.”
Virginia Blackburn, Daily Express

Pramface Babies, C4
“What the film didn't tell you was how these people lived, what prospects they had for themselves and their children - maybe the most important questions. But it showed that behind tedious politicians' and columnists' tirades about teenaged single mums, there is a world of tenderness and yearning.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

Pramface Babies, C4
“So Pramface Babies may have been billed as a documentary - part of Channel 4's prestigious Cutting Edge series no less - but really it was a comedy with bits of a wildlife show thrown in. Comedy, because Philippa seemed to have the model of Little Britain's Vicky Pollard in mind when she visited the Liverpool Women's Hospital.”
Helen Rumbelow, The Times

Skins, E4
“My own thinking is that Skins is not aimed at youngsters at all, but at rather older folk unable to let go of their dreams of unfettered youth - a suspicion that wasn't exactly confounded on discovering that last night's episode was directed by comedian Harry Enfield (age 46).”
Gerard O'Donovan, The Daily Telegraph

A Year in Tibet, BBC4
“Given the utterly fascinating material A Year in Tibet should be better than this.”
Robert Hanks, The Independent

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